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K-State roster news, translated into stakes.

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The KSO Show is a Kansas State-focused college sports conversation built around transfer portal movement, recruiting visits, spring football, and basketball reset questions. Mason Voth and Drew Galloway turn recent news into practical arguments about fit, resources, expectations, and what each development actually changes.

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About The KSO Show

The KSO Show is a working conversation about Kansas State sports as they are actually being assembled. It spends plenty of time on basketball, but the basketball talk rarely stays at the surface of who entered the portal or who committed. Recent episodes follow Casey Alexander’s first K-State roster through returning players, former top recruits, new targets, staff hires, resource concerns, and the hard question of how quickly a fresh start can become competitive. The show treats every addition as a fit problem. Isaiah Abraham becomes a discussion about usage, Georgetown’s guard-heavy offense, defensive value, and the possibility of a glue-guy role. Andre Kostic becomes a question of whether a different structure can reveal the player other programs once valued. Matt Gilhool, Jayden Chute, and other portal names are handled as pieces in a roster still taking shape. The tone is hopeful only when the argument supports it. When the concern is support around Casey Alexander, the show is direct about money, expectations, and the danger of asking a coach to prove himself without a workable baseline. Football remains a steady second track. Jake Narott’s visit gets treated as more than recruiting buzz, with attention to the schools in the mix, the shape of the weekend, and what an out-of-state quarterback win would mean for K-State. Collin Klein’s spring comments become a filter for position battles, leadership, and practice-plan context rather than a pile of generic soundbites. The show also leaves room for lighter formats, including fill-in-the-blank football predictions that put Drew Galloway on the spot. Mason Voth and Drew Galloway give the episodes a practical back-and-forth when the conversation turns evaluative. They move from news to implications quickly, then keep qualifying until the take lands in a believable place. The result is not polished studio theater. It feels like informed analysis for fans already living inside the K-State calendar. The show is strongest when the program is in motion: portal windows, recruiting weekends, spring practice, staff changes, and moments when the fan base is trying to decide what to believe. It rewards listeners who care about roster construction, not just final scores. It also understands the emotional memory of Kansas State fans, especially after a frustrating basketball stretch. That mix of fan awareness and detail makes the show useful during messy weeks. It gives Wildcats followers a way to sort signal from noise without pretending the uncertainty is gone.

Made for: Built for Kansas State fans who already follow Wildcats basketball and football closely and want context around recruiting, portal movement, coaching changes, and program expectations. It especially fits listeners who care about roster construction and the practical limits behind each headline.

What sets it apart: The show’s edge is its habit of turning small news items into fit, role, money, and pressure analysis. It is less about celebrating every development than judging what each one might realistically mean for K-State.

In their own words

K-StateOnline contributors Mason Voth, Drew Galloway, Derek Young, and others keep you informed on Kansas State football and basketball throughout the year with the KSO Show. To get you ready for each and every K-State football and basketball game, to recap every contest and to remain in the loop on every item of breaking news or every Kansas State recruiting development, make the KSO Show your home.

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Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026

The KSO Show turns K-State roster movement, recruiting news and game results into specific, candid football and basketball analysis.

The KSO Show keeps K-State football and basketball under close, conversational scrutiny. Mason Voth and Drew Galloway move easily between breaking roster news and deeper evaluation, giving coaching changes, recruiting visits and transfer portal movement enough context to show…

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A K-State roster move barely clears customs before Mason Voth and Drew Galloway check whether you should celebrate.

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transfer additions tested against actual usage, roster fit, and recruiting-pedigree nostalgia
football position-group confidence grades that separate evidence from preseason wish-casting

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K-State adds former top recruits in transfer portalApr 15, 2026

Two portal additions, and a lot of real roster math behind them.

K-State's transfer-portal day turns into a steady roster-fit conversation, with Matt Gilhool and Isaiah Abraham added after JT Rock and Jayden Chute.

Day 4 Portal Update, No. 2 QB in 2027 visits this weekendApr 10, 2026

A focused portal update that sets up the Narott recruiting follow-up.

The Friday K-State update keeps the focus on the transfer portal and on Drew's recruiting follow-up for Jake Narott, the four-star quarterback ranked No. 2 at his position by Rivals and visiting K-State this weekend.

Driscoll does it again, football position group confidence gradesFeb 26, 2026

A blunt K-State discussion about coaching fit, influence, and staff dynamics.

The episode works best when it treats Matthew Driscoll's role as a fit question instead of a simple personnel fight, and when it gets into how much room he actually had to shape things under Jerome Tang.

Postgame Live: Kansas State blows out Baylor without Jerome TangFeb 18, 2026

A steady postgame look at a fresh start that values fit more than the box score.

K-State's 90-74 win over Baylor frames the Matt Driscoll era as a clean reset, and Mason Voth and Drew Galloway keep the focus on why the Wildcats looked more connected rather than on the score alone.

Best & worst portal impacts, outside expectations and Top 5/Bottom 5 buildings on campusFeb 5, 2026

A practical K-State talker that keeps roster fit and campus memory at the center.

The episode treats staff news as a football question first and a headline second. Tim DeReuter stands out as the most notable addition, and the conversation stays focused on fit, experience, and what a very young defensive staff needs.

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Episodes

Reflecting on the start, projecting the finish in 2026

Recruiting Update: Two important JUCO targets, 2027 commit update

Latest on K-State basketball, Casey Alexander preseason update

Recap of Collin Klein presser, bye week improvements

Family Drewd: Predicting how K-State and Cincinnati plays out on Saturday

K-State vs Cincinnati Preview

First commit of 2028 comes from Derby

Early thoughts on K-State matchup with Cincinnati

Klein recap ahead of Cincinnati, running back struggles a concern?

Postgame Live: Cats start 3-0 after win over Tulane

K-State vs Tulane Preview

Recruiting Update: Titus Huard visit, 11:00 AM kickoff impacts

Reassessing each K-State position group after two games

Collin Klein presser recap

Postgame Live: K-State easily handles Washington State to start 2-0

Wazzu insider Greg Woods talks Cats/Cougs & Family Drewd Week 2

K-State vs Washington State Preview

Recruiting Update: Great visit for top Kansan, K-State's top QB in 2028 comes to MHK

Klein presser recap, final Nicholls thoughts, Wazzu look ahead

Postgame Live: Collin Klein gets win number one in a big way

Family Drewd: Predicting top moments and stat leaders vs Nicholls

K-State vs Nicholls Preview: Klein's first game, fast start & standout players

Recruiting Update: Big visitor for K-State to start the season, commits begin 2026 seasons

Game 1 expectations

Depth chart reaction and Klein presser highlights

KSO Classic: 2012 K-State at West Virginia

DB Deep Dive

Final Depth Chart Projection

Offensive line outlook after injury shakeup

K-State adds tight end from Denmark ahead of 2026 season

KSO Classic: 2022 Big 12 Championship w/Ty Zentner

Latest from K-State coordinators at fall camp

Injuries hit offensive line, Mandel gaslights the Big 12, grow up this fall

Most coaches thrive at their alma mater, is Collin Klein next?

Defensive line update: Is news good or bad?

KSO Classic: 1991 K-State vs Kansas Football

Wide receiver deep dive

Consistency & competition is Collin Klein's fall camp theme

Position battle ceilings

KSO Classic: 2014 Oklahoma, with Curry Sexton

Game 1 predictions with one month to go

Blindly ranking records that could fall in 2026

KSO Classic: K-State comes back from down 21 points to beat Iowa State in 2015

Avery Johnson is better than you think but still needs to elevate under Klein

KSO Classic: K-State finally beats Nebraska in 1998

You can hate TBT, but it is easy offseason programming that can have flashes of fun

If the national media is infatuated with Oklahoma State, they should have reverence for K-State too

KSO Classic: K-State wins shootout vs Patrick Mahomes, Texas Tech (2016)

Rex Van Wyhe, Joe Jackson, Wesley Fair at Big 12 Media Days

Wyatt Thompson & Stan Weber sit down and discuss the return of players as coaches, 25 years in the booth together

Thoughts from Big 12 Media Days and Kameron Cooper commits

Collin Klein & Avery Johnson at Big 12 Media Days

KSO Classic: 2001 Cotton Bowl

2026 Fraud Watch 1.0: Ranking the Big 12's coaches, best spot for Collin Klein

BASKETBALL Recruiting Update

KSO Classic: 2012 K-State vs Texas

Special teams depth chart projection

Laron Baker commits, five for five ruling impact

Secondary depth chart projection, Lockett not a lock to K-State

KSO Classic: 2010 K-State 59 Kansas 7

K-State adds Ashton Stark and Joseph Graves

K-State starts big recruiting week with two major commitments

KSO Classic: 2009 K-State 62 Texas A&M 14

KSO Classic: 2009 K-State 62 Texas A&M 14

K-State adds big time EDGE, Big 12 MBB opponents announced

Casey Alexander joins KSO to discuss his first season at K-State

KSO Classic: Collin Klein's first start vs. Texas 2010

Outlook for K-State basketball after two months under Alexander

Projecting the K-State offensive line

K-State coaches outline path back to being competitive

Recruiting Update: Top 2 targets update, the oddities of recruiting Kansas in 26/27